Police say Indianapolis man tricked girls, threatened them for sex

An Indianapolis man is accused of tricking teenage girls into sending him explicit photos via Facebook and then using the pictures to coerce the girls, some as young as 13, into having sex with him. One of his alleged victims attempted suicide, according to court documents.

Austin Williams, 22, is charged with attempted sexual exploitation of a child, receipt of child pornography, coercion and enticement of a minor, and interstate communications and extortion, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

According to documents filed in federal court last week, Williams created fake profiles on the social networking site to pose as teenage girls. He used those false identities to befriend at least 10 girls ranging in age from 13 to 17 years and persuaded them to send him explicit photos of themselves. He then threatened some of them that he would post the photos on Facebook unless they had sex with him.

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Police say Indianapolis man tricked girls, threatened them for sex

An Indianapolis man is accused of tricking teenage girls into sending him explicit photos via Facebook and then using the pictures to coerce the girls, some as young as 13, into having sex with him.